Monday, November 14, 2016

FTDNA is kicking off its 2016 Holiday Sale today. If you are unfamiliar with FTDNA's recent holiday sales, here is how they work. The sale prices are very good. Some at the lowest prices I have ever seen. Here are the sale prices I have seen:

YDNA37 $139

YDNA67 $229

YDNA111 $319

BIGY $525

mtDNA Plus $79

mtDNA FMS $179

mtDNA upgrade $139

Family Finder (FF) $59

FF + 37 $188

FF + 67 $278

FF + 111 $364

FF + FMS $228

FF + 67 + FMS $452

These prices are expected to be available until the end of the year. In addition to these great sales prices, FTDNA has added a minor social media frenzy the last couple of years by offering weekly coupon codes each Monday during the sale. They expire the following Sunday. These codes reduce the cost below the above sale prices. They can be used by the person who receives them on their myFTDNA page OR they can be shared with others. If you receive codes that you know you will not be using, please share them with other family members, fellow DNA project members or the general genetic genealogy community through Facebook. On Facebook it may be better to just state what level of coupon code you have and ask interested people to contact you. These codes can only be used once and then are no longer valid.

The codes are generated at random to your myFTDNA pages. They are expected to include the following discounts:

$10 off any YDNA STR

$20 off any YDNA STR

$40 off YDNA 67

$60 off YDNA 111

10% off any YDNA Upgrade

20% off any YDNA Upgrade

$50 off Big Y

$75 off Big Y

$100 off Big Y

$10 off FF

$10 off any mtDNA product

$20 off any mtDNA product

$40 off FMS

If you see any other coupon codes, please post a comment at the end of this blog post.

The strategy comes in if you are planning to do additional testing but are on a limited budget. How long do you wait for the bigger discounts to show up? There are fewer of them. Is it better to order using a smaller discount which will expire the following Monday or gamble that a bigger discount will come your way some other week?

Let the games begin and enjoy the fun as we build our genetic genealogy databases for the benefit of us all.